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FreeBSD 8.1 beta coming soon
The FreeBSD 8.1 code freeze is scheduled for May 24th. The beta will be publicly available on May 28th. The more testing that can be done by the community, the more bugs that can be worked out before the release.
Envescent launches Open Support Source
Envescent has launched Open Support Source an open source consulting and support divisi0n aimed and addressing the increasing need for professional help with open source operating systems, such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD as well as open source applications like Apache, PHP, MySQL, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Samba, Dovecot, SpamAssassin, Snort and more.
The fate of Yahoo
Yahoo is a major FreeBSD user with a long history. Will that change if they’re bought out by Microsoft or sold off in pieces to likes of companies like Google?
FreeBSD 6.4 released
FreeBSD 6.4 is officially available. I’m excited as this release promises better security, improved functionality and more. I’ll be installing it on my remaining FreeBSD 6.3 systems this weekend. The FreeBSD.org announcement is below: “The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE. At this time 6.4-RELEASE is expected to [...]